5-year lows: PICO Holdings Inc, Black Box Corp, Vivus, and Electro Rent Corp.

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Mar 29, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 5-year lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 5-year lows: PICO Holdings Inc, Black Box Corp, Vivus, and Electro Rent Corp.

PICO Holdings Inc (NAS:PICO) Reached $16.26

The prices of PICO Holdings Inc (PICO, Financial) shares have declined to $16.26, which is only 7.9% above the 5-year low of $14.97. It is now 62.1% off the 5-year high of $39.49. PICO Holdings Inc is owned by 2 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 0 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 2 reduced their positions. PICO Holdings, Inc. is a diversified holding company that was incorporated in 1981. Pico Holdings Inc has a market cap of $374.055 million; its shares were traded at around $16.26 with and P/S ratio of 1.04.

PICO Holdings Inc. reported its 2014 annual results with net loss of $52.4 million and total revenue of $354.9 million.

GuruFocus Guru Arnold Van Den Berg (Trades, Portfolio) kept his position in PICO Holdings Inc. He owns 730,502 shares.

President and CEO John R Hart bought 49,913 shares of PICO stock in December and January.

Black Box Corp (NAS:BBOX) Reached $21.08

The prices of Black Box Corp (BBOX, Financial) shares have declined to $21.08, which is only 8.4% above the 5-year low of $19.31. It is now 52.6% off the 5-year high of $40.78. Black Box Corp is owned by 3 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 2 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 1 reduced their positions. Black Box Corp was incorporated in 1976 in the state of Delaware. Black Box Corp has a market cap of $323.856 million; its shares were traded at around $21.08 with and P/S ratio of 0.33. The dividend yield of Black Box Corp stocks is 1.90%.

Black Box Corp. recognized net sales of $253.3 million and net income of $5.3 million for its 2015 third fiscal quarter.

GuruFocus Guru Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio), who owns 178,033 shares of BBOX stock, increased his position in Black Box Corp.

Vivus (NAS:VVUS) Reached $2.57

The prices of Vivus (VVUS, Financial) shares have declined to $2.57, which is only 6.2% above the 5-year low of $2.41. It is now 92.3% off the 5-year high of $31.21. Vivus is owned by 1 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 1 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 1 reduced their positions. VIVUS was incorporated in 1991 as a California corporation and reincorporated in 1996 as a Delaware corporation. Vivus has a market cap of $266.977 million; its shares were traded at around $2.57 with and P/S ratio of 2.32. Vivus had an annual average earnings growth of 1.80% over the past 5 years.

Vivus announced its 2014 full year results with total revenues of $114.2 million and net loss of $82.6 million.

CFO & Chief Accounting Officer Svai S Sanford sold 472 shares of VVUS stock on 01/29/2015 at the average price of 2.78. VP, Clinical Development Wesley Day and SVP, Business Development & GC John L Slebir together sold 1,102 shares of VVUS stock in January.

Electro Rent Corp (NAS:ELRC) Reached $10.73

The prices of Electro Rent Corp (ELRC, Financial) shares have declined to $10.73, which is only 6.3% above the 5-year low of $10.05. It is now 53.4% off the 5-year high of $21.58. Electro Rent Corp is owned by 4 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 2 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 2 reduced their positions. Electro Rent Corp was incorporated in California in 1965 and became a publicly held corporation in 1980. Electro Rent Corp has a market cap of $258.645 million; its shares were traded at around $10.73 with a P/E ratio of 13.80 and P/S ratio of 1.07. The dividend yield of Electro Rent Corp stocks is 7.46%. Electro Rent Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 5.90% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Electro Rent Corp the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Electro Rent Corp. announced its 2015 fiscal second quarter results. The Company reported net sales of $59.7 million and net income of $4.8 million.

GuruFocus Gurus Jean-Marie Eveillard (Trades, Portfolio) and Private Capital (Trades, Portfolio) both kept their positions in Electro Rent Corp. unchanged. Eveillard owns 83,700 shares and Private Capital (Trades, Portfolio) owns 479,908 shares.

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